• Ellatsu
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    181 year ago

    They have those dots on the road in some parts of PA, specifically around Lancaster. Some people follow the 2 dot rule there, but most I’ve seen do not.

    • @[email protected]
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      31 year ago

      I’ve seen them on route 41 in PA and I can’t ever remember seeing anyone maintaining a two-dot following distance.

    • sam
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      21 year ago

      I have seen these in Michigan as well.

        • @[email protected]
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          21 year ago

          Three is definitely better but a lot of places do go by the two-second rule. And obviously use the visual aid if there is one. The point is to learn to use a fixed point to time it. If you only learn to count how many dots/lines there are, you might struggle when there aren’t any obvious markings.

          • @[email protected]
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            21 year ago

            Your last point is fair! I didn’t mean to imply that you should only use markings. It sounds a bit stupid to still reach the two second rule though, since the average reaction time seems to be 1-1.5s. If you need to break abruptly 0.5s won’t get you very far.

        • Phoenixz
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          1 year ago

          I learned the two seconds rule, actually. And from personal experience, that seems quite enough.three seconds would out rather large distances that tend to fill up with other cars

          Just saying that the two (or three,) second rule can be applied anywhere and everywhere

          • @[email protected]
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            21 year ago

            Really? You should probably go for the three second rule though, since the average reaction time seems to be 1-1.5s. That will not give you time enough to stop if needed.

            I do agree with other drivers being idiots and not leaving enough room though, it’s really annoying.

            • Phoenixz
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              21 year ago

              I have actually never heard of the 3 second rule, just 2 as I was taught in the Netherlands. and believe me, driving rules in the Netherlands are rigourous.

              In practice it depends where you drive. 3 second rule in the Netherlands might work. In Canada maybe, in Mexico definitely not (there they have the .1 seconds rule and a LOT of head tail collisions)